Here's another to get the old brain cells working.

The first record I ever bought for a girlfriend, was Private Number" by Judith Clay & William Bell, in 1968. Cost me about 7/- (35p).

Hi Silentwitness. Gosh I had to get the old brain cells working here as you say! The first song I bought for a boyfriend was Simple Minds New Gold Dream - I was thinking about this song only the other day in fact and had another listen to it via Youtube where someone had recorded a very rare old performance of it on TOTP. He was obsessed with Simple Minds and although I was not much of a fan at the time they gradually grew on me. Funnily enough the boyfriend was chucked but Simple Minds remained a part of my staple music diet! Ig to the 45 from John Menzies in Newcastle and it was probably around 1.00 or something. I miss 45s and LPs - all those coloured vinyl pieces around the late 70's/80's. Downloading music is convenient I suppose but you can't touch it the way you could touch vinyl and hear the lovely scratch of the needle as it settled. CD Roms don't do it for me either. Oh dear. I must be old!

Thanks for your post Janie.

You're right about the old vinyl..... there was always an excitement when opening a vinyl album for the first time..... the cover art, the sleeve (with adverts for other forthcoming albums on that particular label).... and all that before you even slid the LP out of the sleeve. Happy days.

Cds just don't have the same feel about them.

alanis morissette, jagged little pill